Enjoy going to open homes or private viewings but feel awkward around an agent and dread when you see them calling? Please don’t! We are people too, we have lives outside of real estate, and we are simply working to facilitate your buying journey and/or selling experience.

Renovating and DIY is in our DNA, but it’s important to know when you do and when you don’t require Council consent for the work you are about to undertake.

Are you currently a vendor with your home on the market? Have you had any buyer interest? Have you gone through a ‘campaign’ (like an Auction or a Deadline Sale) and not sold, maybe had no interest from buyers and are now waiting for a buyer to step up and offer at a certain level?

Buyers love a CV/GV/RV to indicate an initial guideline on price, but are they always relevant? In short, no. Capital, Rateable, Government Values all refer to the same thing – they are a generic rating applied by Council every three years (approximately) for the purposes of establishing how much homeowners should be charged for rates.

I have been dealing with a lot of buyers recently who tell me they are waiting for the lowest point of the market before they purchase – my question to them is, “how will you know when that is”?

In any market, one of the most common questions I get asked by buyers who have a house to sell is whether they should buy first and then sell, or vice versa.

You need/want to sell your property, but you’re going to wait until Spring to get on the market? Why is that exactly? It makes sense if you own an old, draughty villa with inadequate heating, no real sunlight, and the site has poor drainage, but for those of you with a warm, insulated home, winter is a great time to sell.

We have fewer active buyers in the marketplace than we have had in years. Your agent will help you identify who your target buyer is, and they should personalise your marketing around how best to effectively reach them. In this changing market, both digital and print marketing is vital.

There are so many agents out there, it must be hard to know where to start, and it’s a very personal decision. Time to do some research - what agency’s brand suits your home, which agents are active in your suburb, and which agents come recommended by family and friends?